Moving on

Last month has been all about moving. Going to the other side of the city is one thing... Packing boxes, cleaning, changing addresses... Moving 5 hours drive from where you live is a completely different story. Once you are gone, you won't come back just to check your mail. You try to do everything from distance one way or the other, it complicates any processes ("you just have to come and sign this form... Yeah sure, I'll be there in 5 hours!") Even though I am excited about my new challenge and starting a new life, this part is not exciting...

My philosophy is to try to find something positive in any situation. So, the good part about moving is giving you the "opportunity" of cleaning - and did we ever!  We recycled at least 20 boxes of school notes... good thing, because the new house is much smaller, less place for useless things.

Princess, my daughter, is less than excited about this move. When we first start talking about it, she was happy to be closer to her cousins. But that excitement was short-lived, once she realized she would be leaving her friends here. For a 6 years old, moving can be very abstract. We tried to have her involved as much as possible. She came visiting houses with us, she boxed her stuff with her auntie... It has been a process to help her move on. She still doesn't want to move, she wants to stay with her friends here. The plans are to keep contact with them by writing them letter (which kid doesn't want to get letter in the mail? You are excited about mail, until you start getting bills...). My hope is as soon as she starts school, a week after the move, she'll have new friends and feel better about this new town.

The friend thing has also been difficult for us adults. We are part of a well-established social network here... It is hard to say goodbye to everyone. For sure, we'll stay in touch. For some relationship, it will be enough. For other, we might loose contact. I suppose this is what we call life...

If we told you to come visit, we meant it...